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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22

Are you weak and weary, overworked
and tiredf Hoods Sarsapsrilla is JUS
the medicine to purify your blood anC
give you strength
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22

An evening wrap is in embroideries OF
colored crystal on silver net. lined with
rose colored satin and trimmed with wide
Mechlin lace.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22

Extra copies of the WEEKLY ARGUS.
containing the delinquent tax list. can be
obtained at the ARGUS office.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22
SUN
Accident Association
OF ROCK ISLAND. ILL
incorporated under the laws Of the State OF Ill
PLAN OF THE ASSOCIATION.

incorporated under the laws Of the State OF Ill
PLAN OF THE ASSOCIATION.
Any man between the ages of il and e. years Of
sound mind and body. and of temperate habits is
eligible to mem bership in the Association The
members are classified in divisions according to
the risk Of the occupation.
The policies issued by this Association provide
against bodily injuries, such dislo"atio $, frac-
lures broken bones. bruises. cuts, crushing or
managing, gun hot wounds. burns or scads. bites
of mad dogs or serpents, strokes of lightning.
d owning, or injurie. produced by falls, affected
through eternal, Ui0ieHt and accidental means,
within the intent AID meaning Of the contract.
whether such sccidents happen while travelling,
on the street or the farm, in the store, office, mill
or workshop, or in any of the lawful and usual o.
cations Of life, where the accidental injuries, in
dependent of all other canses, wholly an con
tinuOusly disable and preUent tie member from
the prosecution Of any and every kind Of b siness
pertaining to the occupation Hndsr which he is
insured. when such in iuries alone sh II occa
sion death, or loss of both hands, feet. Of
Eyes, within ninety rays from The happening
thereof
For farther information send for or call for cir
culars. Office: Masonic TEMPLE, Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22

Oats-2SC
Hay-Timothy-s15 90
Hay-Wild-S12 0NOsl4O
Rye-45c.
Corn-40c.
PotaLoes-70c New S1.50.
Cosl-Soff lie ha,d 50 0
Cord Wood Oak, S4.00; Hickory, s.,
Straw $500: baled 500.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22
z PER GENT MORTGAGES

Improved Iowa Farms. Security 8 to times the
loan. and inspected in each case. Completed
loans always on hand for sale. Sizes of loans
$500 to $4,000. Time of loans S years Only
choicssttoans handled. References aud details
given on application either In person or letter.
H. M. HENLEY, Attorney at Law.
2i4 Main St, Davenport Iowa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22
AN ECHO OF THE CORNER.
A BATCH OF BANK PEOPLE INA TIGHT
PLACE.

The Fidelity National Bank at Cincinnati
Closes Its Doors and Its Managers Look
ing Down the Road that Fish and Ward
Notwithstanding Discovery of a Bank
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22

nor SALE. A GOOD SECOND HAND
Buggy Harness. Inquire at this office. aa-tf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-22
Trains Leave for Chicago.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY.

Depot, Moline Avenue.
J. r. COOK, Agent. Rock Island
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
President Lincoln's Assassination.

Some popular errors about Lincolns assas-
sination are corrected by Silas Owen, an eye
witness of the crime, in a letter to The
Albany Journal. Mr.. Owen asserts that
William r. Flood, then a masters mate in
the navy and now an auditors clerk at
Washington, was the first person to reach
the presidents side after the shooting. Flood
and Owen were the first on the stage after
Booth had passed out of the left exit, where
he came in contact with Laura keene, the
actress, and struck at her with his knife,
ripping the sleeve Of her gown from the
elbow to the wrist. Flood climbed up the
scroll work on the outside of the boxes and
found Lincoln sitting in his chair with his
head dropped forward so that the chin rested
on his breast. Flood lifted the president
from the chair and laid him on his back with
his head resting on Floods knee. A number
of persons had now reached the box, among
them Laura keene. The wound was not dis
covered till the head was raised from Floods
knee, leaving nearly tablespoonful of the
brain in the palm of his hand. Laura Keene's
dress was not "dabbled with blood" because
no blood flowed from the wound till the
body was taken from the theatre. This story
dispoSes of the statement that Miss keene
was the first to reach Lincoln's side after the
shot was fired-Cleveland Leader
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
Cleveland as O Man.

The Sunday Eye, Bloomington, I'LL
nois, republican paper, has the follow
ing editorial commendatory of Cleveland:
We do not think any continuous reader
of this paper will accuse US of being a
'truculent admirer of President Cleveland,
or that we have failed Oh occasions to
criticise impartially his administration of
national affairs. But no fair minded man
or woman, despite their political predilec-
tions, can fail to admire Mr.. Cleveland's
independence and manhood. This senti-
ment he compels from all who have studied
his official acts and utterances. He has no
excuse for doing that which he conceives
to be his duty. If he announces policy
that he must feel will meet with public
disapproval he does not seek to extenuate
the act or beg forgiveness for doing what
he considers right. He neither prefaces
it with an apology nor concludes it with
prayer for pardon. 1t seems enough fol-
MIN to know the act is right according to
his view. When it is consummated L, s.
sumes the responsibility wholly, and there
is no pleading in mitigation that it is
an unpleasant duty,that he regrets the ne
cessity for the action and wishes he could
do otherwise. Like the candid, manly
man that he is, President Cleveland dis
charges his obligations to the country
promptly, effectively and finally. 1t i,
right-it is done, and there is an end of it
No crooked evasions, no devious equvoca
tions.
Every American citizen must at hear
feel proud of the man who is their presi
dent, because of his moral courage ant
mauliness-the utter absence of craft
artfulness and cunning diplomacy in hi
character. If he had no other merit, thi
alone should commend him to fair.minde
and honorable people. There is nothing
of the politician about Mr.. Cleveland. Hi
usefulness is not COMPROMISED by con
suming personal ambition, to advanc
which he must be ever intriguing. 1t
refreshing to have such man as president
1t is an innovation, and most praise
worthy and commendable one. MI
Cleveland's manliness is indeed impress
sive, because it is rare attribute in tn
personnel of the presidential Office.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
A Canal Man on Mules.

"When you come to have them by yer fiji
teen years you finds them out" Then fol-
lowed some revelations based upon personal
observations. To the world in general the
mule Is stubborn, vicious and mintellectual
beast, not safe abaft the beam. No one
credits the animal with ambition, character
or any feelings akin to human moods; but to
all this the driver emphatically objected.
"Kickl why, of course; it is the way they
talk, same ms dogs tail They won't kick
you if you treat them decent. l have had
them white ones more N five years, and never
q cross word out of 'em. That old wheeler
knows as much as do. When I'm asleep on
his back and we comm to bridge, he ups
and lets drive with his heels, much as TO say,
wv o's runnin' this teamf Nights always
sleep on the long stretches, cause know he'll
slack up and drop the line for boat to pass
when he sees II light near to. He follows me
round like a dog."-The Century.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

sors who had been secured for the new uni
versity possessed talents of che first order,
Goettinger gradually became much pre-
ferred seat of learning, which so ex
cited the envy and anxiety of other
governments that they enjoined their profes
sors from accepting calls to Goettingen. The
success of the university was principally
owing to the wise administration of Baron
Adolph Won Munchhausen, the minister OF
George II, who had intrusted him with this
important task Munohhausen selected suit
able men and awaited himself of the most
efficient means for the furthering of the
cause.
One of the foremost professors who lent
luster to the renowned university was Chris
tan Gottlob Heyne, who was born Sept. 25,
1920, the son of a poor weaver. For long
time misfortune pursued him, so that i'll those
turbulent war times he even lost his books.
When he was found and engaged for pro-
fessorship he was very poor and lived in
some out of the way place But the man
became n star Of the first magnitude for
Georgia Augusta-the official name of the
university-and faithfully continued with it
for almost fifty years, notwithstanding lie
repeatedly received the most tempting calls
= other places But he would not swerve
from the promise given to Munchhansen not
to leave his post. Heyne was famous anti
quarian, and was the first one to introduce
scientific treatment for Greek mythology
OF him it is said that he spoke the Latir
language as we'll as his mother tongue.
Another celebrated professor Of the uni
versity was Karl Friedrich Gauss, who be
came professor there and director of the as
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE.

A Gathering at Denver of Special Inter
est to The Order.
The annual meeting of the Sovereign Grand
lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows of the United States will be held in Den
yer on Sept 10 to "a When prominent
n ember of this order in New York was asked
recently what the object of the grand annual
meeting rs, "To make good en- better" was
his reply. The meetings of the Odd Fellows
Grand lodge, which are held annually in diff
ferent cities of the United States, are seasons
of rejoicing. They are grand holidays, and
Odd Fellows come from all parts OF the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

So 100000, while Dept Commander Colo'
the amount paid into the treasury Of subordi-
yates amounted to over $S6,00O,O0O.
In 1864 the. order was represented in the
New England states and the lower provinces
of Canada by 10000 members The same
territory is now represented by more than
$1,000 Odd Fellows, a sevenfold increase.
The Odd Fellowship of 1919 now flourishes in
Australasia and Germany, the Sandwich
Islands, Switzerland, the Netherlands, DEN
mark, Sweden, Chill, Peru, Mexico and Cuba
Since 1913 the order in America has had no
Connection with the order in England.
Mr. John II. White a lawyer of Albion,
n. Y, who was mt one time candidate for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

GEN j. c. UNDERWOOD. books. None but
good books were taken, and reserved seats
were charged for at the rate of two books or
moro, according to the location. Over $4,000
volumes were realized from this benefit.
We give, besides the portrait OF Mr.. Will
dey, who may be said to be the father of Odd
Fellowship in America, portraits of Gen. J.
c. Underwood commander patriarchs mill
tant, the uniformed branch of the order, and
j. N. Rogers, commander of the department
of Colorado
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

We also present here representative stu
dents of the University of Goettingen, in the
costumes worn in 1877, and as they appear
now, as well as graphic picture of stu
dents duel fought at the beginning of the
Nineteenth century. The duel is still in vogue
there among a very considerable part of the
students.
A fact worth mentioning is that the stu
dents of Goettingen have always been
great lovers of dogs, at different times over
{, 900 dogs having been kept there by them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

supreme judge, is
the present grand
sire. A good illus
tration of the en-
ergy Of the Odd
Fellows is given in
a successful project
they carried on in
New Y ork la S t
April. They wanted
a library, and gave
a grand benefit to
which tine admis-
sion tickets were
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

Economical observatory in 1907 and died in
1856. l. ever any one deserved the name of
q learned man it was he. When but boy
he readily solved the most difficult arithmeti-
cal problems His observations and inven-
tions concerning astronomical science are
from year to year more appreciated and bet
ter understood He is also the real inventor
of the electric telegraph, whichhe and Weber
as early as tho year 1888 constructed between
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

petition was circulated among the
business men, Thursday, at Victoria, call
ing for meeting to be held sometime
next week. The object of the meeting
will be to devise means by which that
town can secure one or more additional
railroads. The petition was freely signed
and the citizens mean business. Another
railroad is what Victoria needs, and this is
what the people are bent upon having.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

country to ia k e
part in them. The
railroad companies
aid the Odd Fell
lows by C h ap
ira nsport a ion
rates, and a mem
Der W h o attends
the Grand lodge
at Denver this year
can buy a ticket
back home for one
third less money
than it cost him to
get there.
But these annual
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

powerful organization of free cities of Ger
many, and her cloths, velvets and silks were
greatly sought after in far distant lands. 1t
was also one of the chief wine emporiunis Of
Germany. Above all other things, Goettin-
gen was renowned for the warlke spirit of
Its inhabitants, who were almost continually
embroiled in some feud with the mobiles
of the neighborhood, and sometimes
with the ruler of the land even,
whom the city would never fully
acknowledge But in the beginning of the
Sixteenth century the pestilence ravaged
Goettingn and half of the population died;
and upon the heels of that came the thirty
years and the seven years. wars, entailing
fearful misery upon the city, and Goettingen
has never recovered her former prominence
Us commercial place.
During the first years of her existence the
new university labored under great difficult
ties The place was then so impoverished
that scarcely tolerably decent quarters could
be found for the professors; the 400 students,
who were mostly rich and scions of nobility,
had to be quartered in all sorts of holes that
hardly deserved the name of lodgings,
Tue astronomical observatory was i'll an
old tower and the lecture hall for anatomy
was in a cellar However, year by year the
circumstances improved, and as the profess
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

u
figures: In 1864 the
number of Odd Eel
lows in the whole
world was 1877, 623.
In 1885 they num-
bered $3.50 mem
bers, an increase of
nearly 400, 900 i'll
twenty-five years.
IN the same period
The expend i t ure S
for the relief of the
sick and distressed,
the burial of the
dead and the edu-
cation of orphans
amounted to over
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

Founder of the Order in meetings are noC
the United States purely social. Last
year the Grand lodge was held at Boston.
During the sessions the reports of the grand
sire and grand secretary are read, and va
rious matters relating to the order i'll differ
ent parts of the world are taken up and dis
posed of.
The order was first organized in Amer
lea in 1919 by Thomas Wil1ey and four
others, in Baltimore. Previous to this the
order had Aouiished in England for num-
Der of years under the title of the "Ancient
and Honorable Loyal Good Fellows" and the
"Union Order of Odd Fellows" Shortly after
the establishment Of Lodge No. in Balti-
more, lodges in Philadelphia and Boston
yere chartered, and the order began to spread
lapidly, until at the present time everj state
and territory in the United States is repre-
spnted. Some idea of the results that have
been achieved during the last quarter of a
century can be gained from the following
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
the observatory ana the universitys cabinet

the observatory ana tne uniVefsltys caOiae'
Of physics, about mile distant.
Famous professors, too, were the two
brothers Grimm, of whom the elder, Jacob
Ludwig Grimm, born on Jan 4, 1875, was
one of the greatest philologists the world has
ever seen-he was the author of the famous
Grimm dictionary of the German tongue
while the younger brother. Wilhelm Grimm,
Lorn Feb. q, 1856, was equally great as
writer and collector of folk lore.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22

If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
! hompson's eye water. Druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
A GERMAN SCHOOL.
JUBILEE OF THE GOETTlNGEN UNI
VERSITY FlTLY CELEBRATED.

The Institution was Founded $50 Years
Ago and is Flourishing Still-Tbe
Grimm Brothers-Som ething About the
Dpels of German Stud ontS.
The present may be called the era of jubi'
lees. Germany, especially, seems Of late to
be seized with n veritable rage to revel in Ju-
bilees and kindred festivals, the latest oil
which was the recent celebration of the l5Oth
anniversary OF the founding of the University
of Goettingen, a city of about 22,OO inhablt-
ants, in the Prussian province of Hanover.
The University of Goettingen was founded
in the year 1871 by George II, king OF Eng
land and elector Of Hanover, and its history
has consequently more than common interest
for those of our readers whose ancestors were
English The city of Goettingen occupied as
ouch, in medieval times, far more promi-
nent position than it does now. 1t was a
member Of the mighty Hansa bund,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
GOING NoRTH-ARRIVE

A. FAULKNER, General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
p. j. LAWLESS, Union Ticket Agent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-16
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.
An Insane Anarchist Is Prevented by Timely
interiors nee from Ending His Life.

The German magician who first came to the
notice of the public a week ago. at Lafayette
where he claimed that he knew who throw the
bomb at the Haymarket riot attempted suicide
at tine Circle House, last evening. at o'clock by
cutting the veins of his wrist. When he first
reached the city, last Friday evening" he was
mentally unbalanced. and imagined that he was
to be hanged with the Chicago Anarchists Be-
fore hunting boarding-house he went to the
police-station and demanded protection, stating
that he was to be hanged that night at IL
o'clock. He was taken to the Circle House by
some of his counsrymen, aud has been boarding
there since. He continued under the halluclna-
ton that hs was sentenced to be hanged, and
daily called at the police station snd demanded
protection. His insanity became more pro-
nounced last evening, and, after warning the
hotel people to look out for the men who were
turned of the gas. and, with his penknife, cut
several eashes across his right wrist. He would
prabably have ended his life had not the hotel
people, who had been watching him. interfered.
He was taken to the station house for safe keep
ing. and there his injuries were dressed by Dr.
Hodges. When asked why he cut his arm he
said that was the way the Anarchists did He
talks necessarily about anarchy and the banged
men. He has been giving his name as Fred
Gerhardt, but from letters and family history
he has in his possession, it is learned that his
real name is Gerhardt Rump. He came to
America seven years ago from Scheswg, Prus-
sian Germany, and has spent most of the time
Iowa. His wife and mother, he says, in
California. commission will pass upon his
mental condition this morning, and he will be
sent to the Insane Hospital for treatment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-16
Items from the Courts.

sNowDEN TAKEN BACK TO SPRINGFIELD.
Samuel P Snowden, the safe blower. was
identified before Judge Irwin yesterday after
noon as the man wanted in Springfield, ILL.,. for
blowing open safe and robbing a store, and
returned to that city last night. great
pressure was brought to bear upon Judge Irwin
for the release of the man. The clerk of
Springfield hotel identified Snowden the
man who left valse in the hotel, which was
afterward sent by order to this city.
DEATH OF AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
The petition of Mayor Denny TO have the
powers of John L. F. Steeg as a notary revoked
will probably be dismissed, as Mr. Denny's
principal witness. Green, the hack driver, who
made the affidavit, died Monday night. Miller,
who was instrumental IN procuring the affidavit,
has gone to California and tie only evidence
against Steeg is his own statement of the man
ner in which the affidavit was procured The
motion to dismiss is under advisement by Judge
Ayers. of the Circuit Court
SUED FOR FRIGHTENING HORSE.
The damage suit of Mary A. Hicks against
John Moore ana others is trial before jury
in Judge Taylors room. Several months ago
Mrs. Hicks was driving in the country west of
this city when Moore. or one Of two men with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-16
Pettis, Bassett&Co.
A BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
AChicago Man Drives Away Delivery Wagon
and Steals Two Valuable Packages.

A bold robbery, Monday afternoon, of
delivery wagon belonging to the United States
Express Company, was kept quiet until the rob-
Der was behind the bars of the station house,
yesterday. Between and O'Clock, when
Washington street is always crowded with We
hicles and pedestrians, a stranger accosred JEFF
wagon, Sullivan's dry goods store, and
asked to ride with HIM. Duncan informed him
that it was against the rules of the company to
allow any one in his wagon. and the man turned
and walked away. Duncan stopped his wagon
in front OF H. p. Wasson's dry goods store and
went in to deliver package, and while he was
on the inside call boy st the door saw a man
climb upon the wagon and hurriedly drive away,
going down the alley along the Bradeu Block
Duncan was told and started in pursuit Near
Budd's poultry establishment. on Pearl street,
the thief, seeing that Duncan gaining
On him, jumped from the wagon with two pack
ages and ran, eludIng capture One of the
packages contained a sealskln sack addressed to
Mrs Henry Schurmann, and the other was
box of medicine for DR.. H. Pink. Duncan fur
nished detectives Thornton and Haley a good de-
Bcription OF the thief. and yesterday morning
they recognized the man they were hunting for
and took him custody. Before accidentally
meeting him they had learned that he had given
the cloak 70 a woman named Breese. on Spring
street. and had accompanied her to the Museum
Monday night and occupied box. From her
they got perfect description OF him. At the
stauon-bouse ne gave the name OF John Fay
but he told the woman his name was John
Foley, and that he was from Chicago. When
he was searched it was found that he had on
two complete suits OF clothing, aud FIVE suits of
underwear. n his possession were found cards
bearing the addresses OF business houses of sew
sral large cities, but nothing that indicated his
real name and residence He says he came
here from Chicago last Saturday.